Input Data Comics: Exploring a Narrative Approach to Input Visualization

We explore input data comics as a medium to foster active engagement with data input through visual storytelling. They integrate the richness of human experience, narrative, and visual communication into the data collection process, producing contextualized narratives. Through three examples, we illustrate how input data comics foster engagement, support interpretation, and create space for participatory storytelling experiences between the comic creator and the audience. We explore seven purposes through which input data comics can transform data into participatory and reflective experiences. These purposes parallel those of input visualizations: Individual Reflection, Public Group Reflection, Public Activity Documentation, Data Discussion, Survey, Planning, and Organizing. This suggests the broad potential applications of input data comics in the future.